Taian Daiyue District 2022 Winter Clothes Festival Civilized Sacrifice and Sweeping Proposal

Taian Daiyue District 2022 Winter Clothes Festival Civilized Sacrifice and Sweeping Proposal

Dear Residents:

October 25th, the first day of the tenth lunar month, is the first day of the tenth lunar month in our country. The traditional festival to worship ancestors - Hanyi Festival. At present, the situation of epidemic prevention and control is severe and complex. In order to coordinate the epidemic prevention and control and mass sweeps during the Winter Clothes Festival and protect the health and life safety of the residents, we hereby issue the following initiatives:

1. Prevent and control the epidemic to reduce gatherings. In order to avoid the risk of spreading the epidemic due to gatherings of people during the Winter Clothes Festival, our district’s funeral parlors, cemeteries, columbariums, and rural cemeteries have suspended on-site memorial and sweeping activities. Taking funeral parlors, cemeteries and ashes halls as units, staff will conduct a collective memorial sweep by wiping tombstones and presenting flowers. At the same time, a valet sweep service will be launched. Cemeteries and ashes halls in various towns and streets will follow suit. During the Winter Clothes Festival, residents are requested to consciously abide by the epidemic prevention and control requirements, reduce unnecessary travel, stay away from Daidai unless necessary, and do not return to Daidai if people outside are not necessary, gather as little as possible, do not visit or get together, and take necessary protective measures to stay safe. Overcoat.

2. Civilization and clean up green and low carbon. Every year, what changes is the form, but what remains unchanged is the respect and memory for the ancestors. Remembering and expressing emotions are the connotation and true meaning of sacrifice. Remembering the ancestors is more important than the heart and not limited to the form. It is advocated to recall the good family traditions, good family mottos and touching stories left by the ancestors through civilized methods such as online messages, family memorials, writing memorial words, reciting memorial poems, etc., so that the memorial ceremony can become the inheritance of the deceased's fine family traditions and good moral character. A civilized carrier that inspires future generations to work hard and contribute to society.

3. Inherit virtues and nourish them with care but bury them with care. Filial piety to the elderly and love for relatives is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Filial piety should be done as early as possible. When the elderly are still alive, they should pay more attention to them, often accompany them, be diligent and filial, and support them generously, so that they can truly have someone to depend on, care for, and enjoy themselves in old age. After the death of the elderly, frugal ways such as black gauze and white flowers are used to express grief. There is no fuss, no extravagance and waste, no blind comparison, and the funeral is simplified. It is necessary to change the traditional concept of funeral and burial, choose land-saving and ecological burial methods such as ashes storage, deep burial, tree burial, etc., choose to bury in the cemetery, do not bury indiscriminately, do not rebury in coffins, and leave more living space to future generations. future generations and benefit the people.

4. Party members take the lead and set an example. A party member is a banner. The majority of party members and cadres in the region must set an example, take the lead in setting an example, give full play to the role of demonstration and leadership, start by guiding colleagues, friends and relatives around them, and strive to be the promoter of green funerals and the practice of civilized funerals. Those who want to guide the masses to enhance their awareness of civilization and support generous funerals. Give full play to the role of grassroots party organizations, village committees, red and white committees and other organizations, actively participate in and widely publicize, take the lead in supporting the reform of funeral customs, and use practical actions to help rural revitalization and social civilization progress. All towns should seize the favorable opportunity of the Winter Clothes Festival, make full use of various media to widely popularize funeral customs reforms and funeral policies that benefit the people, and guide residents to enhance their awareness of civilization and protect their green homes.

Promoting safe and civilized sweeps is the common responsibility of the whole society. Let us join hands, start from me, start from now, take practical actions to remember our ancestors in a civilized way, contribute to winning the battle against epidemic prevention and control, and practice the new trend of civilized sacrifice and sweeping!

Daiyue District Civilization Office

Daiyue District Civil Affairs Bureau

October 20, 2022